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When it rains, it pours for Google products.

The company just announced  via a post on Google's official blog  that it's giving the axe to three more of its Web and mobile products. Additionally, Google's going to start parsing down its more infrequently updated blogs from the more than 150 official "communications channels" that the company maintains.

So, what's first on the chopping block?

Google Apps for Teams  first launched in 2008 as a way to allow business or school users to collaborate across Google tools without having to first sign up for a Google email address  is apparently, "not as useful for people as we originally anticipated," wrote Google's Max Ibel.

As a result, Google plans to convert any existing Apps for Teams accounts into personal Google accounts starting on Sept. 4.

Next up to the firing squad is Google's Listen app. For those unaware, the app was basically Google's way to allow users to jam podcasts with an official Google-branded product. That said, the company has basically thrown in the towel in this arena.

"With Google Play, people now have access to a wider variety of podcast apps, so we've discontinued Listen," Ibel wrote. "People who have already installed the app can still use it, but after November 1, podcast search won't function."

Finally, Google's killing off Google Video for Business. Any videos previously hosted using the service  designed for Google Apps for Business and Google Apps for Education users looking to spice up their internal communications with video  will be sent over to a user's Google Drive. As a bonus, these videos will not count against a user's total storage quota on Google's cloud storage service.

"Technology has the power to change people's lives. But to make a difference, we need to carefully consider what to focus on, and make hard decisions about what we won't pursue," Ibel said. "This enables us to devote more time and resources giving you products you love, and making them better for you."

Last month, Google said it will retire iGoogle on Nov. 1, 2013. Google has been cleaning house for more than a year, ever since Larry Page took over as CEO and shifted to a product-focused management structure. In September Google announced the shutdown of services like Aardvark and Flip, and followed that up with the end of Google Buzz and other products like Google Labs, Boutiques.com, and more. In Nov. 2011, it also announced the end of Gears, Wave, Knol, and more.

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